Rufous-vented Whitetip
Urosticte ruficrissaLawrence, GN, 1864
English (US) Rufous-vented Whitetip
The Rufous-vented Whitetip (Urosticte ruficrissa) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: east slope of Andes in southern Colombia and eastern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Urosticte ruficrissa
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufous-vented Whitetip
- Described by
- Lawrence, GN, 1864
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Lawrence, GN, 1864
- Type locality
- Quito, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 8(1867) p.44
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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